What does cortical mean?
Definitions for cortical
ˈkɔr tɪ kəlcor·ti·cal
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Princeton's WordNet
corticaladjective
of or relating to a cortex
Wiktionary
corticaladjective
Pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.
corticaladjective
Pertaining to the cortex of a stem or rootthe tissue that lies inward from the epidermis, but exterior to the vascular tissue.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
CORTICALadjective
Barky; belonging to the outer part; belonging to the rind; outward.
Etymology: cortex, bark, Lat.
Their last extremities form a little gland, (all these little glands together make the cortical part of the brain) terminating in two little vessels. George Cheyne, Phil. Prin.
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cortical
Cortical generally refers to something related to the cortex, the outer layer of an organ or other structure. In neuroscience, it often refers to the cerebral cortex, the outer layer of the cerebrum in the brain, which plays a key role in memory, attention, consciousness, thought, and language. However, the term can also be used in other fields like botany and anatomy to describe the outer layer of other organs or structures, depending on the context.
Webster Dictionary
Corticaladjective
belonging to, or consisting of, bark or rind; resembling bark or rind; external; outer; superficial; as, the cortical substance of the kidney
Etymology: [L. cortex bark: cf. F. cortical.]
Entomology
Cortical
relating to the cortex or outer skin.
Anagrams for cortical »
crotalic
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of cortical in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of cortical in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of cortical in a Sentence
That goes through your higher cortical center in you brain. The high road says 'I've seen this kind of snake before, and I don't have to worry'.
We had him watch the virtual arm move, he attempted to move his arm in the same way, and that elicited some patterns of cortical activity -- some patterns of electrical neural activity.
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